Solving the right workforce problem - at the right level
Workforce strategist · Expert witness · Advisor
Health workforce problems are rarely only what they first appear to be.
I help organisations identify the structure producing the problem — and design an architecture that works better than the one they inherited.
The problem beneath the problem
A shortage that isn’t only a shortage
Training more workers will not help if scope, funding or classification rules prevent existing skills being fully used.
Coordination layered over fragmentation
Better referrals and coordination cannot fix a system still divided by funding, accountability and professional boundaries.
A profession repeatedly asked to prove its value
The problem may not be the evidence, but outdated systems for classifying, funding and recognising work
Ways to work with me
I look for the structure producing the problem
Every engagement beings by identifying the structure producing the problem – not assuming the solution
Diagnose and advise
Independent analysis for complex, contested or high-stakes workforce questions.
Redesign the architecture
Practical support to redesign roles, pathways, governance and workforce structures.
Build internal capability
Workshops and facilitated learning that help teams solve complex workforce problems themselves.
Latest thinking
Read the analysis and frameworks behind my advisory work.
Credence Capture: What Corporate Optometry Reveals About the Mechanism That Turns Trust Into a Product
When professionals are measured against sales and billing targets, the conflict goes deeper than profit versus ethics. Credence capture describes
Engineered Scarcity: How Professional Boundaries Amplify Australia’s Dermatology Shortage
Australia’s dermatology shortage is real, but its effects are intensified by systems that concentrate training, authority, employment and funding around
The Same Profession, Two Different Values
A Music Therapist can now be classified at the highest entry level under the federal Health Professionals Award while remaining
